Staffing Employment Down in Second Quarter
Staffing industry employment was lower in the second quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, and flat compared with the first quarter of this year, according to survey data released today by the American Staffing Association. Normally, staffing employment grows during the course of the year. But not this year. America's staffing companies continued to employ an average of 2.8 million temporary and contract workers per day from April through June - virtually the same number as in the first quarter. However, average daily employment during the period was nonetheless 6.5% lower than in the same period last year. It was the third consecutive quarter of year-to-year employment declines, and the fifth of the last seven quarters in which temporary and contract jobs contracted compared to the same period of the previous year.
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